The Sunday Best with Nik Thompson

03 28 2021 -- Next Time on the Sunday Best: Donna Lee

Charlie Parker's standard, read and remixed 10 different ways, Sunday morning.

Henry's Collection

Two record nerds, generations apart, sharing a collection and stories, amidst a pandemic.

03 21 2021 Next time on the Sunday Best, Don't Blame Me

We’re going back to the Dorothy Fields-Jimmy McHugh well, for the lyrically lovely Don’t Blame Me.

Canon Fodder: I Can't Give You Anything But Love

We've got the Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh hit in triplicate here, beginning with Annette Hanshaw's 1929 version, followed by the groundbreaking 1931 recording from Louis Armstrong, and finally into 1932 with Duke Ellington's Orchestra fronted by Ethel Waters.

Next time on the Sunday Best...I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, 03 14 2021

On tap for 3/14/2021